Total Crime Rate
282.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
183.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pont Wen area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hermitage , and the 24th highest crime rate of 414 local areas in Wrexham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pont Wen (LL13 8SQ) in the last 12 months was 282.2 per 1,000 residents and was 160.4% higher than the Hermitage average (108.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 183.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pont Wen (LL13 8SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wrexham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Lea | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Lea | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pont Wen | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Wen | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Wen | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Wen | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitegate Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wavell Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connor Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bernard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bernard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bernard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Meadow Lea | Under investigation |
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